There's a good chance you had to do real, material work before that happens though (unless you have friends in high places that get you on-boarded to Google bef

There's a good chance you had to do real, material work before that happens though (unless you have friends in high places that get you on-boarded to Google before you even release a product). and, 'acquihire' without actually building a successful product is the ultimate entreper-poser move, isn't it? You didn't build something users want, you just showed you can be a worthwhile employee for a larger corporate entity. Private success isn't always progress.